RU Community

Get together with your peers to perform or enjoy performances at this year’s winter-themed Coffeehouse in Druskin Lounge! Light refreshments and food will be provided, as well as holiday activities such as the wishing tree. Want to perform?

Join the Honors College deans and campus partners–including Residence Life, Rutgers Police, Counseling and Psychological Services, and the Dean of Students–for an event to connect with parents and family members.

Welcome to Rutgers University and the Honors Community! Pick up your key from your Resident Assistants and head to your assigned room to unpack, unwind, and meet your Honors Community Mentor, roommate and floormates. Specific move-times and details can be found below for those moving in on Monday, August 25.

The Honors College LGBTQ+ Learning Collaborative is “Coming Out” with its very-own Launch Party! Hear from keynote speakers Dr. James Dougherty (Rutgers Board of Governors), Jane Clementi (Co-Founder of the Tyler Clementi Foundation), and a student panel of LGBTQ+ students and allies.

The New Brunswick Department of Human and Community Services, with sponsorship from the Rutgers Honors College - New Brunswick, invites you to participate in its Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on January 24th at the Hub Center, 411 Joyce Kilmer Ave. Activities include preparing and bagging lunches, community conversations, assembling hygiene kits, and networking opportunities. For more information, call (732)745-5010. This opportunity is eligible for HC Serves hours.

Join Student Volunteer Engagement, Scarlet Arts Rx, and the Honors College as we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. We will honor the legacy of Dr. King and his commitment to service through an evening of creativity and learning. Every attendee will be led by an experienced arts student to create their own vision board, using the theme of "service to others". Learn about all of the different service opportunities available for the spring semester, too. Dinner will be served! Earn 2 HC Serves hours.

Party like it’s 1999 and learn about 90s/2000s pop culture!

Learn more about Rutgers resources available to you in a roundtable presentation with various campus departments. Earn 1 Community Service Hour.

Join us to honor the past, celebrate the legacy, and uplift Black history together through a panel discussion, performances, and presentations. Dr. Priscilla Ferreira, an Afro-Brazilian geographer who works on solidarity economies, is a scholar-activist who will discuss the power and complexities of what it means to be Black in this moment. HC Faculty Fellow Dr. Nicole Burrowes will give a mini lecture on the history of "Black History Month." There will also be a Black history slideshow and student leader panelists will lead a discussion.